The Catholic Church excommunicated Luther from the church for his action. However, Luther continued in his fight to free the Christian people from the control of the Catholic Church. His next step was translating the New Testaments to German. Luther believed in "Scripture Alone" this means people does not have to go to church to understand the Bible, but can read and interpreted it on their own. During this time people when to mass and hear the Priest read from the Bible and most to all did not understand what the Priest read because the Bible was written in Latin. This means the Priest and monks taught Christians their interpretation of the Bible and they controlled the masses understanding of God. With Luther translating the Bible in German
